Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) at home: digital art-based mental health provision in response to COVID-19
Journal of Applied Arts & Health
; 13(1):77-95, 2022.
Article
in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1789206
ABSTRACT
This article will provide an example of how the 'Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) Online psychosocial support through the arts in Rwanda' project used digital art-based workshops to facilitate social and community cohesion and mental health provision. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increased need for psychosocial support due to the economic and social pressures of lockdown and yet many individuals had less access to mental health provision. While many mental health services around the world went online, there was still a gap between the Global South and Global North in terms of digital literacy, access to smart phones and computers, and the variation between psychosocial support through individual vs. collective healing alongside Indigenous and traditional vs. western psychosocial approaches. Implications for the use of art-based digital methods as a tool for mental health provision during and after the wake of the pandemic are explored.
Social Psychology and Social Anthropology [UU485]; Health Services [UU350]; Arts, Entertainment and Cultural Heritage [UU630]; Information and Documentation [CC300]; Human Health and Biology (General) [VV000]; mental health; psychosocial aspects; mental disorders; arts; computers; health; health services; literacy; services; on line; man; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Rwanda; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; ACP Countries; East Africa; Africa South of Sahara; Africa; Francophone Africa; Least Developed Countries; low Human Development Index countries; low income countries; SARS-CoV-2; mental illness; subsaharan Africa
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Journal of Applied Arts & Health
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2022
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